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This 4 page paper discusses the psychological aspect of Hermann Hesse's book, Narcissus and Goldmund. Brief synopsis, character analysis, quotes, included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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of his texts why this would be so. His characters search for themselves, their individuation processes, align themselves perfectly with this principal of the self. To that end, his novel,
Narcissus and Goldmund explore that part of oneself that is part parent, part new creation, and offers a glimpse into the answers that lie behind the question: who am I?
The novel features the relationship between Narcissus, a young monk at a monastery and a novice, named Goldmund. Abandoned by his father on the doorstep of the monastery, Narcissus learns
that Goldmunds father has all but erased the young mans memory of his mother. As he urges Goldmund to remember his mother, to rediscover the remnants of that relationship, he
also forces Goldmund to face and find his own destiny, rather than live his life as others picture it to be(Love). Set in Medieval England, this story could so
easily take place in the modern era, as many of the same questions that Goldmund has of himself, are still being asked by every human being today. In the broader
scope of things, however, Hesse is offering the suggestion that we are more than the sum total of our parents influence. In essence, we are what we make of ourselves.
It is always simpler to diagnose someone elses life than ones own, and so it is that the reader watches as Goldmund slowly unravels the tangle of suppressed memories, and
learns that there is more to life than mere servitude to societys norms, expectations, or to the perceptions of the spiritual life. As Goldmund begins to emerge from his
past life and way of thinking, one begins to see the struggle that he has, especially, with that of assumed spiritual regulations and his own innate sensuality. What is most
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